"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party." "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party." "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Do those sentences look familiar … Continue reading Now Is the Time… Lazy Dog
Category: Teaching and Education
The Power of Free
A group of researchers offered participants of a study a choice between purchasing a Hershey ’s Kiss chocolate for 1-cent ($0.01) or Lindt Lindor chocolate truffle for 15 cents ($0.15). The participants, recognizing this as a good deal since the price differential in a supermarket would be larger than 14 cents between the two options, overwhelmingly … Continue reading The Power of Free
Three Cheers for the Ivies
Here was the heading in a Wall Street Journal story today: The Ivy League Is Still on the Sidelines. Wealthy Alumni Are Not Happy. followed by this sub-heading: Billionaire Joe Tsai’s rebuffed offer to fund a lacrosse ‘bubble’ is one sign of how pressure is mounting on the conference that never returned to the field. … Continue reading Three Cheers for the Ivies
A Little Break-Up Humor…
During my accounting lecture yesterday, we were talking about how to account for interest expense (I'll stop right there, I don't want to lose my audience that soon). On one of the PowerPoint slides that one of my colleagues had put together, he had inserted the following joke: Why did the banker break up with … Continue reading A Little Break-Up Humor…
A Mother’s Income and the Length of Their Child’s Ring Finger vs Index Finger
Last year I wrote a post: What Your Fingers Reveal About You that looked at the claim that the relative size of your pointer (index) finger vs. your ring finger revealed a lot about your personality. Since my index finger is longer than my ring finger, here is what that meant for my personality: Men … Continue reading A Mother’s Income and the Length of Their Child’s Ring Finger vs Index Finger
Doctor A vs. Doctor B
As a result of my recent health scare, I am taking more meds than I have ever taken in my life. I don't like taking so many meds, but if they help me avoid surgery, then I guess it will be worth it. But one of the problems is that there has recently become a … Continue reading Doctor A vs. Doctor B
The World’s Most Annoying Sound?
I saw the following headline on Gizmodo earlier this week: Which Sounds Are the Most Annoying to Humans? and my first thought was the following clip from Dumb and Dumber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cVlTeIATBs Surprisingly, that sound did not make it into the article. Gizmodo reached out to a number of sound-experts to find out what the most … Continue reading The World’s Most Annoying Sound?
Another Hat Tip to Seth Godin
It's been a while since I wrote about one of Seth Godin's blog posts, even though I read it every day. It seems like many of his posts are a variation on a common set of themes. Since I have read so many of his posts over the years, I often recognize what the thrust … Continue reading Another Hat Tip to Seth Godin
Villasnowva!
OK. I can't take credit for the title. It was the headline of a story in the student newspaper about our recent snowstorm. I've been at Nova for almost 35 years, and this is the first time I've heard that term. And I just had to use it. As I noted in a previous post, … Continue reading Villasnowva!
Music Monday: This Used to Be Music to My Ears
As the snow started coming down last night, I kept waiting to see if my classes would be canceled for today. I kept checking the news sites that listed school closings, but no sign of Villanova among the dozens of schools listed. My wife found out that her school was closed mid-evening, but I went … Continue reading Music Monday: This Used to Be Music to My Ears
Borden's Blather 